US5316221A - Fluid dispenser having deformable container pressurized by leaf springs - Google Patents

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US5316221A
US5316221A US08/011,011 US1101193A US5316221A US 5316221 A US5316221 A US 5316221A US 1101193 A US1101193 A US 1101193A US 5316221 A US5316221 A US 5316221A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/025—Discharge apparatus, e.g. electrostatic spray guns
    • B05B5/053—Arrangements for supplying power, e.g. charging power
    • B05B5/0531—Power generators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for delivery of liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant for a product delivered by a propellant
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/16—Arrangements for supplying liquids or other fluent material
    • B05B5/1691—Apparatus to be carried on or by a person or with a container fixed to the discharge device
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/0055—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents
    • B65D83/0077—Containers or packages provided with a flexible bag or a deformable membrane or diaphragm for expelling the contents moves by a spring-like mechanism

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  • This invention relates to dispensers for fluid materials. It is particularly but not necessarily concerned with dispensers from which the material is ejected as a spray.
  • Aerosols which are used to spray a fluid material from a dispenser suffer from a number of disadvantages, including the adverse environmental effect of the propellant gases used, the high proportion of the total capacity of the dispenser that is sometimes needed for the propellant, and the difficulty of maintaining the spray pressure as the contents of the dispenser are used up.
  • the disposal of the partly empty dispensers can also be a hazard because of the pressurized gases they contain.
  • the present invention is concerned with a novel form of dispenser in which at least some of these disadvantages can be avoided.
  • a fluid dispenser comprising a carrier provided with a deformable container capable of being filled with a fluid material to be dispensed, the container being sealed by closure valve means, with resilient means acting on the container to place its contents under pressure, and control means being provided for opening the closure valve means to permit contents of the container to be ejected by the pressure from the resilient means.
  • the container is conveniently in the form of a flexible walled and preferably elongate sac optionally made of a plastics material.
  • the resilient means may then take the form of at least one leaf spring which is preloaded to bear against the flexible sac. If the one leaf spring extends over substantially the entire length and breadth of the sac it can be arranged that it will expel substantially the entire contents of the sac by the pressure it applies.
  • the flexible container is held between a pair of symmetrically disposed springs which squeeze the sac between them.
  • the container is gripped between a spring and a non-resilient backing surface.
  • a disadvantageous feature of some aerosol dispensers is the difficulty there is of controlling the direction of an aerosol spray for many purposes, which leads to waste. It is known, however, to influence the deposition of a spray onto a chosen surface by creating an electrostatic charge between the spray and the surface and the present invention is also concerned with dispensers which can make use of this effect to dispense personal products.
  • the dispenser has a spray outlet through which the pressurized material is dispensed, and voltage generating means are provided actuatable by the operation of the control means to apply an electrostatic charge to the material being dispensed.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are mutually transverse axial sections of the dispenser
  • FIG. 3 is a section of the upper region of the dispenser in a plane parallel to the plane of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the dispenser with the of the casing omitted.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a second embodiment similar to that shown by FIG. 1 but utilizing only a single leaf spring.
  • the dispenser illustrated comprises an outer casing 2 having an integrally formed slotted partition 4 near its upper end.
  • the partition is in two parts spaced from each other by a central slot extending along the major central axis of the casing transverse cross section.
  • Flanges 6 project upwards from the opposed edges of the two parts of the partition.
  • the flanges are part-circular in plan to form a close-fitting receptacle 6a for a cylindrical housing 8 of an outlet valve 10 that is secured to hollow cap 12a of a flexible container 12.
  • the flanges 6 are parallel to each other and shoulders 14 extend inwards from the lower ends of the flanges, narrowing the slot.
  • the container 12 is in the form of a flexible sac containing the fluid material to be dispensed and communicates with the outlet valve through the cap 12a.
  • the sac 12 is held under pressure by a pair of leaf springs 16 bearing on it from opposite sides, each spring extending the length and breadth of the sac.
  • the two springs 16 are locked together by return bends 18 on their ends below the sac.
  • the springs are bifurcated to leave clearance for the outlet valve 10 and container cap 12a.
  • the bifurcated end portions 22 (FIG. 3) of the springs fit between the flanges 6 and, with the sac 12, are locked into place by the shoulder 14.
  • each spring 16 curves in the opposite direction to that shown in FIG. 1.
  • the lower ends of the springs are first joined together by the return bends 18 and the sac 12 is placed between them.
  • the springs are then flexed in the opposite direction to their relaxed curvature to bring end portions 22 together and are secured into place between the flanges 6.
  • the flexure of the springs causes them to apply pressure to the contents of the sac 12, over the entire length and breadth of the sac.
  • outlet valve 10 which may be in the form of a conventional aerosol valve in which a valve body 26 projects through a central opening of the cap-like housing 8 and engages an elastomeric annular seal 28 surrounding a central opening in the top of the housing 8 to maintain the outlet normally closed.
  • the valve body comprises an upper tubular portion 32 and a lower guide stem 34 with a collar portion 36 between them.
  • the upper face of the portion 36 urged against the seal 28 which also engages the outer periphery of the tubular portion 32 which has cross bores 38 to its interior immediately above the collar portion: in this state the valve is closed.
  • the seal 28 is held in place by a tubular liner 42 which comprises an inwardly projecting shoulder 44.
  • a compression spring 46 between the shoulder 44 and the valve body collar portion 36 provides the biasing force which holds the collar portion against the seal 28.
  • a spray nozzle 46 is secured to the upper end of the valve body tubular portion 32.
  • An operating member 52 is mounted in the casing 2 on a pivot 54 supported by side walls 56.
  • the member 52 is shown in its rest position with an integral contact bar 58 bearing without pressure on the spray nozzle 46 fixed to the valve body 26.
  • the bar 58 depresses the valve body against its spring bias.
  • the collar portion 36 moves away from the seal 28 and the cross bores 38 in the tubular portion 32 are brought into communication with the valve housing interior into communication with the valve housing interior below the annular seal 28. The material held under pressure in the sac is then ejected through the outlet valve.
  • the dispenser of the example is intended to make use of this effect for spraying personal products and a power pack 60 is provided for this purpose in the casing, separated from the flexible sac by a lower partition 62.
  • the power pack comprises a battery-powered circuit for generating a high voltage, eg. 15 kV.
  • a high voltage eg. 15 kV.
  • the pack 60 can be slid into the open bottom end of the casing and a circumferential rib 64a on the periphery of the pack locks into the complementary recess 64b in the casing wall to secure the pack releasably.
  • the circuit within the power pack is connected to a series of terminal plates 68 accessible through apertures 70 in the pack end wall.
  • Tubular channels 72a, 72b, 72c integrally formed on the inner wall of the casing have spring-loaded contact pins 74 held captive in their lower ends and the pins project through the casing end wall to make contact with the terminal plates 68 when the power pack is in place.
  • the pair of channels 72b, 72c contain respective wires 78a, 78b which are respectively attached to a pair of laterally spaced contacts 80a, 80b on the operating member 52.
  • a metal press button 84 for pivoting the operating member is mounted on a pivot 86 adjacent the operating member but is normally held spaced from the member by a spring 88.
  • the button is depressed by the user to displace the operating member 52 and pressure begins to be applied to the nozzle 46, the spring 88 is flexed and the push button 84 bridges the two contacts 80a, 80b to close the circuit through the wires 78a, 78b.
  • the contact the user makes with the metal push button 84 provides a ground for the circuit through the high tension wire into the material in the sac at its outlet cap 12a and the material being ejected is thereby electrically charged.
  • the nozzle 46 has a suitably small orifice 46a, eg. 0.15 mm diameter, and the pressure forcing the material through it produces a spray in the form of a mist of very fine droplets.
  • the high voltage electrostatic charge these now carry ensures that they are attracted towards that part of the body of the user to which the spray is directed since the user's body forms the ground for the circuit. The user is able in this way to obtain the full effect of the spray with minimum loss.
  • a barrier plate 90 projecting from the partition 4 separates the region of the press button from the region of the outlet valve.
  • the high voltage wire 76 is located on the opposite side of the casing to the push button 84 and it can be completely shielded by the partition 4.
  • the resilient means for applying pressure to the sac can be arranged in a variety of ways.
  • a rigid or substantially rigid support can be provided on one side of the sac and a pre-stressed leaf spring on the other side.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates this embodiment.
  • leaf springs acting directly on the walls of the sac they can act through substantially rigid members which thus have a predetermined contoured surface for engaging the container. If such rigid means are interposed between a sac and the or each spring, it may be more convenient to employ other forms of springs than leaf springs.

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